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he couldn't find another democrat who would support both his domestic and foreign policies and who he thought could change the election. he pleaded with cordell hall, secretary of state, almost until the end. wouldn't run. so he -- >> he was afraid that a more conservative guy who would run, who wouldn't want to fight the war and wouldn't want a new deal to continue. >> that's right. he didn't want anybody who was about a new dealer and didn't want anybody who wouldn't support his policy of aid to britain when britain was hanging by a thread. >> everybody forgets what it was like in this country. france was fallen, england was threatened, the low countries were gone, the nazis were over -- they had overrun continental europe. in the middle of all of that, we had to pick a president, and wendell wilke got picked by the presidents. he was an ex-democrat, an independent, and he came out of nowhere. didn't roosevelt think he'd be a good president? >> he came out of nowhere, absolutely. and the fact that wilke was picked reaffirmed fdr's decision to run. because he knew no other democrat c
he couldn't find another democrat who would support both his domestic and foreign policies and who he thought could change the election. he pleaded with cordell hall, secretary of state, almost until the end. wouldn't run. so he -- >> he was afraid that a more conservative guy who would run, who wouldn't want to fight the war and wouldn't want a new deal to continue. >> that's right. he didn't want anybody who was about a new dealer and didn't want anybody who wouldn't support his...
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the neocons who knew so much more about foreign policy than him but had an agenda. >> on the topic of george w. bush, the problem with that formulation is that he didn't know what he didn't know. george w. was a profoundly incurious guy. he was almost proud of his lack of curiosity. so he couldn't balance and evaluate the expertise that was thrown at him by those people that he had around him. that was the fundamental -- that was the fundamental flaw of george w. bush's presidency. i know jeb also. and i think jeb is not that kind of guy. i think jeb is much more on the -- on the muscle to use a horse racing term. >> he knows what he knows. >> he knows what he knows. >> education. >> yeah. and he is curious. and he's broad gauged. i'll tell you what, if mario -- if marco rubio does not run, jeb almost has to run. ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. >>> so what's behind george bush and dick cheney's cordial relationship? "hardball" back after this. >>> we're bac
the neocons who knew so much more about foreign policy than him but had an agenda. >> on the topic of george w. bush, the problem with that formulation is that he didn't know what he didn't know. george w. was a profoundly incurious guy. he was almost proud of his lack of curiosity. so he couldn't balance and evaluate the expertise that was thrown at him by those people that he had around him. that was the fundamental -- that was the fundamental flaw of george w. bush's presidency. i know...
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as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> well, there you have it. joy, your thoughts. you're younger. i lived through it. it looks like a flashback. mccain is so angry. is it really about the surge? what is it? did they yell at each other in the cloakroom? >> they both served, as you said. they were actually good friends. they were brothers in arms in the senate. you know, john mccain seems to be a man who is tormented. he's tormented by these demons that have to do with the things he was denied. he was denied the presidency, so he couldn't stand george w. bush. he was denied it again so he couldn't stand barack obama and can't stand anyone that barack obama nominates. and the surge was something that was his. i think that almost in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander-in-chief, and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. and i watched that hearing or that part of the hearing with colonel jack
as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> well, there you have it. joy, your thoughts. you're younger. i lived through it. it looks like a flashback. mccain is so angry. is it really about the surge? what is it? did they yell at each other in the cloakroom? >> they both served, as you said. they were actually good friends. they were brothers in arms in the...
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and i think that's really what he wants to do with the foreign policy is to move it in a new direction. >> it means he's going back to cairo. the speech he gave in june, 200 9d, he's going back to cairo. >> let's talk about that. let me talk about this. i think what i'm hearing from robin right, some real experts in the middle east. we may not be able to, but if we can, and they do proceed on it and once we attack them, we will never be able to talk them out of it. they will go back and do it again and again and again. if we go to war with them, it will be an unending struggle. we have a little time to talk them out of it. and i think that's what he's trying to send, this big message. to say you know what, i don't think cheney wanted peace. i think he wanted a war. but maybe this guy will give us something? that puts us in a position where we can say yes, we're not going to go nuclear. we're not going to do it. that's what they want. they want trade. they want economic opportunity. maybe they want to join the world. >> and the thing is, he's backed up these words by picking chuck hagel
and i think that's really what he wants to do with the foreign policy is to move it in a new direction. >> it means he's going back to cairo. the speech he gave in june, 200 9d, he's going back to cairo. >> let's talk about that. let me talk about this. i think what i'm hearing from robin right, some real experts in the middle east. we may not be able to, but if we can, and they do proceed on it and once we attack them, we will never be able to talk them out of it. they will go back...
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strong progressive foreign policy people with real human rights concerns. okay. he's not sitting around waiting for john boehner to agree or eric cantor. >> second terms places where you can actually not be so worried about the voters, et cetera, and do what the right thing is. we should recognize what happened. the republican party has moved so far right that for them to -- for you to conciliate with them at this point, you have to move far right. so, you know, i think -- >> there's no deal halfway? >> you know, it's not like they like moderate democrats. they just don't like democrats in general who are -- >> unless he picks a neocon for a foreign policy position, they're going to trash him? >> yeah. there's not a lot of points. >> i think that's true. >> it's not the job of the president to let the opposition dictate the terms. >> you know what i like to do, joan, rattle the cage on the other side. i want to see the lion in the cage growling. i want to see -- i want to rattle and hear the cage jumping around with the crazy guy inside that cage. i got to believ
strong progressive foreign policy people with real human rights concerns. okay. he's not sitting around waiting for john boehner to agree or eric cantor. >> second terms places where you can actually not be so worried about the voters, et cetera, and do what the right thing is. we should recognize what happened. the republican party has moved so far right that for them to -- for you to conciliate with them at this point, you have to move far right. so, you know, i think -- >>...
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as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> i think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong side of it. >> senator shaheen, i don't know what to make of that. it looked like badgering the witness. i mean, it was mccain with some vendetta against this guy. it looked personal. and i don't know what it had to do with his qualifications, his abilities, to simply pound away trying to get him to agree on john mccain on something mccain believes in. >> well, this was the longest hearing for a nominee that i have ever attended in my years here. i think -- i thought senator hagel answered as forthrightly as he could all the tough questions that were in front of him. i would hope we could all be respectful and be willing to give the witness an opportunity to answer when there are serious questions. i was pleased to hear senator hagel. i didn't ask him about the surge in iraq. i wasn't there for that interchange, but i was pleased to
as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> i think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong side of it. >> senator shaheen, i don't know what to make of that. it looked like badgering the witness. i mean, it was mccain with some vendetta against this guy. it looked personal. and i don't know what it had to do with his...
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the texas macho president, that was president bush, brought the foreign policy. we've learned president obama's approach most visibly on display in the past weeks as he's considered and reconsidered action in syria. as peter baker writes in today's "new york times," "to aides and allies mr. obama's willingness to hit the pause button twice now reflects a refreshing open-mindedness and a reluctance to use force that they considered all too missing under his predecessor with the texas swagger. but to mr. obama's detractors including many in his own parties he has shown a certain fecklessness in his decisions instead of displaying decisive leadership. he has appeared reactive, defensive and profoundly challenged in standing up to a dangerous world." like i often like to say, where you sit is where you stand. peter baker is white house reporter for the "new york times" and author of the upcoming book "days of fire: bush and cheney." or it should be said cheney in the white house. david gregory is moderator of course of "meet the press." i want both you gentlemen, and
the texas macho president, that was president bush, brought the foreign policy. we've learned president obama's approach most visibly on display in the past weeks as he's considered and reconsidered action in syria. as peter baker writes in today's "new york times," "to aides and allies mr. obama's willingness to hit the pause button twice now reflects a refreshing open-mindedness and a reluctance to use force that they considered all too missing under his predecessor with the...
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policy team. it's not like he's looked for a fight. let's face it, newtown forced everybody to deal with this. >> newtowns changed everything. >> i don't think he's looking for a fight. i think he's found one. >> i agree with you. i think since the election this has been the best period where the president has had in the last four years. a lot of things have come together for him. he's had sync with the country and the country is in sync for him. the quer for the gop, are you prepared for this barack obama? you didn't seem to be able to handle the first one. are you prepared for this one who now has the kind of wind in his sails going into a second term that can be very, very good for him in terments of at least in the first six or so months laying down some hard lines for the gop to cross. i think they can, but they're going to have to make the argument, you know, from a principled position, get off the crazy noise we have -- >> don't they have -- >> distract -- >> on an issue we just talked abou
policy team. it's not like he's looked for a fight. let's face it, newtown forced everybody to deal with this. >> newtowns changed everything. >> i don't think he's looking for a fight. i think he's found one. >> i agree with you. i think since the election this has been the best period where the president has had in the last four years. a lot of things have come together for him. he's had sync with the country and the country is in sync for him. the quer for the gop, are you...
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he said something good about foreign policy. he wanted to see more humility. you know, know your limits, don't let people push you around. and then there was dick cheney. cheney saw himself he got himself picked. didn't push see this happening or, better yet, how many times must he have looked backwards over these 12 years and said, how did i let him get that one over on me? this was his father's p predicament after he picked dan quayle. is this a problem specific to the bush family? some american version of divine right and the gimmick is to really believe in it and then dammit, you really do believe it and then you can't admit you are wrong, the whole notion that you were born in the ruling class in the first place. it's the best i could come up with. why on earth, using commonsense, has george w. bush not come to the recognition that dick cheney pulled the wool over him, moving him to do whatever cheney would have done were he formally in charge. i have a suspicion that the president knows exactly what i am talking about now and yes, dick cheney was the jok
he said something good about foreign policy. he wanted to see more humility. you know, know your limits, don't let people push you around. and then there was dick cheney. cheney saw himself he got himself picked. didn't push see this happening or, better yet, how many times must he have looked backwards over these 12 years and said, how did i let him get that one over on me? this was his father's p predicament after he picked dan quayle. is this a problem specific to the bush family? some...
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. >> i think if you wanted to sum up the obama foreign policy thus far, it is that the united states is no longer an stride the entire world. the united states cannot run the world right now. others do have to step up. and i think it's an untold story. he has gotten along very well with merkel. there's a relationship. >> what is that relationship? >> you know, i wondered about that. i wondered if it isn't what he started with. we don't look like the normal -- that he kind of outsiders. he's from the east. he's african-american. >> yeah, that being from the east is almost like a minority. >> exactly. they're both outsiders now leading these societies. i think in a way, you know, barack and angela are the new ronnie and maggie. they can be a dynamic duo. >> i feel a column coming on. >> in other words, the way we used to do it, reagan would be nice to the queen and to thatcher and then george senior bush would become friends with helmut kohl, some of the establishment owed boys club. he's saying this is not an old boys club, this is something of the outsiders now on the inside who shou
. >> i think if you wanted to sum up the obama foreign policy thus far, it is that the united states is no longer an stride the entire world. the united states cannot run the world right now. others do have to step up. and i think it's an untold story. he has gotten along very well with merkel. there's a relationship. >> what is that relationship? >> you know, i wondered about that. i wondered if it isn't what he started with. we don't look like the normal -- that he kind of...
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policy. let's listen to a bit of what the president said yesterday. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. our citizens seared by the memory of those we have lost know too well the price that is paid for liberty. the knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm, but we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as well. we will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully, not because we are naive about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear. >> that's what i like president obama and one of the many reasons i like him because of that. could that be an olive branch the president might extend to nations such as, let's say it, iran, and if so, will they respond in tehran. richard ang
policy. let's listen to a bit of what the president said yesterday. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. our citizens seared by the memory of those we have lost know too well the price that is paid for liberty. the knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm, but we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of...
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policy and what north korea has or hasn't done. the justification of that, well, this is politics. there is a big, big difference between north korea is doing to its citizenry and politics. you know, look, i guess dennis rodman has a right to whatever friends he wants. but i do think broadly you have to realize if you're a public figure, you go and do things like, this they have an impact. the white house has come out and said this is not the sort of thing we want to be doing. >> he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. thank you, stephen. >> i'm not sure whether he is earnest, but that doesn't mean the impact of hi actions don't have negative consequences. >> thank you thank you stephen a. we'll be right after this. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics >>> let my me p in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's a
policy and what north korea has or hasn't done. the justification of that, well, this is politics. there is a big, big difference between north korea is doing to its citizenry and politics. you know, look, i guess dennis rodman has a right to whatever friends he wants. but i do think broadly you have to realize if you're a public figure, you go and do things like, this they have an impact. the white house has come out and said this is not the sort of thing we want to be doing. >> he looks...
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what's clear is dennis rodman is drastically out of his depth when it comes to foreign policy and what north korea has or hasn't done. the justification of well, this is politics, there's a very big difference between what north korea is doing to its citizenry and politics. i guess dennis rodman has a right to have whatever friends he wants. broadly, if you go and do things like this, they have an impact. >> he's mistaken -- he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. >> i'm not questioning whether he's earnest. but that doesn't mean that the impact of his actions don't have -- >> man, i wish i had more time. thaing. thank you. we'll be back after this, you're watching hardball, the place for politics. we'll be back after the watching hardball, the place for politics. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every
what's clear is dennis rodman is drastically out of his depth when it comes to foreign policy and what north korea has or hasn't done. the justification of well, this is politics, there's a very big difference between what north korea is doing to its citizenry and politics. i guess dennis rodman has a right to have whatever friends he wants. broadly, if you go and do things like this, they have an impact. >> he's mistaken -- he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. >> i'm...
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let's have a muscular foreign policy. all the metaphors for war that has us stuck once again in a country whose name we dare not pronounce a decade later. i spent all day yesterday at the george w. bush library. not once did i hear the word iraq. not once. if this crowd is proud of the wars they pushed, why are they afraid to remind us of the last one or even pronounce the word? david cornyn for "mother jones" magazine and david ignacious. you came back from the middle east, sir. what is happening? are we going into this war? syria? >> i think the first thing to say is the white house is being very careful in weighing the evidence of chemical weapons use. i was just in israel. i sat with the israeli commanders as they presented their evidence, as they said nearly 100% solid in their minds that syria has used chemical weapons. the question is why is the white house waiting when president obama said this is a red line? the answer is that properly, as you were stressing, he wants to be sure of the evidence and also to be sur
let's have a muscular foreign policy. all the metaphors for war that has us stuck once again in a country whose name we dare not pronounce a decade later. i spent all day yesterday at the george w. bush library. not once did i hear the word iraq. not once. if this crowd is proud of the wars they pushed, why are they afraid to remind us of the last one or even pronounce the word? david cornyn for "mother jones" magazine and david ignacious. you came back from the middle east, sir. what...
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unfortunately, this whole policy is so shrouded in secrecy we don't know the answers to that and that's what we ought to be talking about. and i, too am glad -- i don't trust rand paul but i'm glad he's brought attention to that subject. >> i agree. i think we all agree. let's look at the three options. there's hitting nonamericans. we have a value for that. hitting americans, and then among the americans we have a value for whether we hit them at home here or hit thm abroad. that's the way to dwe cline this whole thing. in his filibuster rand paul envisioned the worst fears of the black helicopter crowd. take a look. >> ft. you're sitting in a cafe and somebody thinks you e-mailed your cousin in the middle east and they think you're conspiring with them, you get -- you should be charged. you should be, you know, imprisoned if they can make the charges stick, but they shouldn't just drop a hell fire missile on your cafe experience. >> well, senator john mccain took to the senate floor late yesterday to mock rand paul and his young libertarian fans. i guess he assumes he has them. let's
unfortunately, this whole policy is so shrouded in secrecy we don't know the answers to that and that's what we ought to be talking about. and i, too am glad -- i don't trust rand paul but i'm glad he's brought attention to that subject. >> i agree. i think we all agree. let's look at the three options. there's hitting nonamericans. we have a value for that. hitting americans, and then among the americans we have a value for whether we hit them at home here or hit thm abroad. that's the...